Immigration Reporter

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Immigration Reporter is an integral part of the News desk and the Race, Class & Communities team, working in collaboration with other reporters covering the immigration beat. The reporter will write and report a mix of daily, feature and enterprise stories examining immigration policy, enforcement and Chicago’s diverse immigrant communities. The ideal candidate is someone who is already familiar with the many federal agencies carrying out immigration enforcement and eager to find stories that show how people’s lives have been impacted by changes in immigration policy.

This is a three-year, grant-funded opportunity.

 

Responsibilities

• Develops original and creative story ideas
• Develops sources, investigates and researches to gather information for a mix of daily and enterprise stories 
• Reports and writes breaking news, news features, enterprise pieces both independently and on assignment
• Produce high-profile work that contributes something new, compelling and/or useful to the public conversation 
• Regularly meet deadlines and communicate with managers, editors and colleagues, and help improve audience relationships, workplace culture, editorial excellence and impact
• Works with the audience and visual teams to develop video, infographics, and other interactive elements that engage both digital and print readers — with some of these elements to be used to promote stories on social media
• Works with the audio team to conduct audio interviews for short daily newscast items
• Collaborates with audio hosts and daily talk shows by participating in taped or live interviews about immigration stories

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2-3 years of reporting experience
• Experience and skill in writing daily news, feature and enterprise stories
• Strong editorial judgment, including attention to diverse experiences and perspectives, resourcefulness and initiative in finding and pitching story ideas
• Proven ability to consistently meet deadlines, prioritize factual accuracy and comply with high ethical standards
• Brings perspectives that drive toward fresh angles and approaches for covering the news
• Team player; we are a highly collaborative newsroom
• Previous experience covering immigration policy or immigrant communities highly desired
• Fluency in Spanish or another language other than English strongly desired

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